From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 1 13:05:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA04424 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Oct 1997 13:05:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from keywest.ird.rl.af.mil (KEYWEST.IRD.RL.AF.MIL [128.132.193.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA04410 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 1997 13:05:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by keywest.ird.rl.af.mil with Microsoft Exchange (IMC 4.0.837.3) id <01BCCE84.176E97E0@keywest.ird.rl.af.mil>; Wed, 1 Oct 1997 16:07:18 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Goeringer, Michael" To: "'SERDAR ELMALI'" Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: BIOS LIMITATIONS Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 16:07:16 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.837.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I assume you mean your drive has more than 1024 cylinders.... FreeBSD will be able to use the entire disk (or what ever portion you give it) as long as the root slice (i.e. the "/" slice) is entirely below this limit (Keep this slice below the 520 meg point and you'll be fine)... If I'm way off or you have a different problem pleas repost the question with your drive parameters...and what other operating systems you have on the drive. Michael G. ---------- From: SERDAR ELMALI[SMTP:SERDAR_ELMALI@classic.msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 1997 2:34 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: BIOS LIMITATIONS I INSTALLED A MINIMAL BSD. HOWEVER IT DOES NOT BOOT DUE TO BIOS LIMITAIONS. HOW DO I, OR HOW CAN I GET AROUND THIS PROBLEM I THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP